The Xynergy-Board combines an ARM Cortex-M3 based STMicroelectronics STM32F217 controller with a Xilinx Spartan-6 low-cost FPGA (XC6SLX16) in one design.There are numerous development tools for either ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers or FPGA kits, but this is the first module in the market that merges both technologies on one board, although it is absolutely common to have a microcontroller next to an FPGA, performing tasks that cannot be integrated in the FPGA in a cost-effective way. High costs for the adequate IP cores and for the additionally needed resources in the FPGA very often require an implementation in favor of a two-chip solution. Particularly the use of standard communication interfaces like Ethernet, USB and CAN are in most cases cheaper and easier to implement on a microcontroller.

• ST Microelectronics STM32F217 ARM Cortex-M3 MCU clocked at up to 120MHz
• Xilinx XC6SLX16 Spartan-6 low cost FPGA (324-pin package XC6SLX16)
• ST Microelectronics ST802 10/100 Ethernet port with RJ45 Ethernet connector
• Micron MT41J64M16 1-Gbit DDR3 SDRAM accessed via the FSMC port and the FPGA
• Micron M25P128 SPI NOR-Flashoptional STMicroelectronics M24LR64 dual interface RFID EEPROM
• Standard 20-pin JTAG header for ARM debugging
• JTAG header for standard Xilinx Platform Cable USB II
• Two 64-pin expansion ports
• Micro-SD Card Slot
• USB on-the-go connector

and much more

• Evaluation of mixed microcontroller / FPGA designs
• General purpose industrial applications using Ethernet / USB / CAN / SPI / I²C
• General purpose pre-, post- and coprocessing with FPGA, i.e. digital filtering , advanced crypto, video etc.
• Implementation of industrial Ethernet IP in FPGA and/or microcontroller
• Motor Control with FPGA acceleration of closed loop algorithms

and many more

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Suggested Retail Price: EUR199 per unit + VAT and shipping.

For the fastest time-to-market of your products, we provide rapid prototyping DSP subsystems (based on TMS320DM64x, TMS320VC54x, TMS320VC33, Blackfin, SHARC), custom designed OEM Boards for special applications, FPGA integration and the best of support from component selection to production. Here are some hardware product we can offer to support your design (selection only, please enquire for availability). All products can be customized for use in proprietary systems, even at small quantities.

If you have any special needs, please, use our contact form to obtain more information.

BF537LANcore is based on a Blackfin BF537 DSP controller and a 100K Spartan-3E FPGA (250K or 500K as an option). Less than 2 sqr inches in size, this small computer is capable of running uClinux, has 32MBytes on-board SDRAM, 16 MBytes of serial flash, up to 33  general purpose I/O pins (including 11 LVDS pairs), a 100Mbps Ethernet port with PHY and lots of applications to be used in.

For instant operation, we also offer a "motherboard", carrying all I/O pins on 100mil headers.  In addition, the motherboard is equipped with an SD-card socket,  a High-Speed-USB-Port, a 2-channel audio interface (16bit, 48kHz), a serial interface (UART), and an RJ-45-Jack for ethernet connectivity.

This DSP Module is the most powerful sub-system in our standard footprint range of products. Based on a DM642 multimedia DSP from Texas Instruments clocked at up to 600 MHz, accompanied by a Xilinx Spartan3-FPGA, this hardware provides all the flexibility and computational power required in multi media processing , especially in image and video compression.
Numerous I/O lines are available at the connectors, many of which are capable of the LVDS standard. A version for the extended temperature range is available on request.
Please, check the datasheet or contact us for more information.